This song was creaed by the prisioners of Concentration Camp of Bogermor, Nazi Germany. Most of prisioner were communists, socialists and other groups considered as dangerous for Hitler. The Nazi Germany eliminated most of communists from the country, till it be defeated and liberated by the Red Army, when a new and democratic country arose, the Democratic Republic of Germany(DDR).This song, originally in Germany, is here sang by Paul Robeson, a famous athleet, activist, intelectual, singer and actor from the United States.